My post was merely a probable description of what could possibly have happened. In fact, at that time, I heard something to this effect.
We are living in a society, or a state, in which law has only partial or selective application, particularly, where the persona of influence are involved, whether civil or military and the respect of the law is very limited. Natural consequence is adventurism and blurring of the lines between legal and illegal or legitimate and illegitimate actions. This, of course, is an unfortunate condition and frankly, I am not aware, how we are to come out out of it, if not completely, at least substantially.